A First Timer’s Go At Meditation

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I’ve been told again and again that meditation is great.  I’ve attended a talk by the wonderfully gifted founder of True North Treks where he explained exactly how accessible meditation is and how awesome its health benefits are.  I even downloaded this app a few months ago.  Then I moved to a new place where I knew almost no one and tried my best to help my family adjust to a new part of the country and a new way of life.  Carving out a few minutes of each day to be mindful and meditate seemed easy enough but I never actually acted on it.

I finally decided that I needed to make a new and positive change.  I realized that I was almost always tense in this new place.  I stayed at home more often than not because staying there with my two pups felt most familiar.  Even at my new home, I felt anxious, distracted, and searching for even more distraction.  So far, I hadn’t been able to just sit and feel calm and relaxed in my new environment.  Something needed to shift.  Small hiccups in my day would produce tears.  One small unwanted change in the flow of my day and my entire sense of personal stability would be derailed.

Enter Headspace.  Thanks to their Get Some / Give Some program, Lacuna Loft has been given free subscriptions to their guided meditations that we’re giving to young adult cancer survivors or caregivers that you can access from your computer or smart phone.  (If you want one and you’re a young adult cancer survivor or caregiver, go here!)

My first 10 days of meditating were life changing…  10 minutes of calm and focus and breathing makes a world of difference in my day.  Then I moved onto the next 10, and the next.

Simple enough right!  Start with 10 minutes, for 10 days.  Then you can use your free subscription to move onto the other great, guided meditation sessions Headspace provides.

Let us know how meditating works for you!

Free Headspace Guided Meditation For An Entire Year!

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We are all out of subscriptions!  Thank you to everyone who signed up!

Are you a young adult cancer survivor or caregiver?  Interested in meditation but having trouble sticking to it?  Interested in meditation and not sure where to start?  Loving guided meditation and looking for more?

If any of these describe you, we can help!

Lacuna Loft has partnered with Headspace through their Get Some/ Give Some program! As a program participant of Lacuna Loft, we are happy to offer you a free, year long subscription to their guided mindful meditation from your computer or smartphone!

How do you get your free subscription?   Fill out the form below and within a few days we’ll email you the code to get started!  This code is exclusively for Lacuna Loft.  I don’t know about you all, but I am eager to get started!

We are all out of subscriptions!  Thank you to everyone who signed up!

Are you a young adult cancer survivor or caregiver?  Interested in meditation but having trouble sticking to it?  Interested in meditation and not sure where to start?  Loving guided meditation and looking for more?

More info on the wonderfulness that is Headspace…

Headspace provides a course of guided mindful meditation via your smartphone or computer, starting with bite-sized 10 minutes sessions. A new study published by The Journal of Medical Internet Research ranked Headspace as the top mindfulness app. Just 10 day’s practice has been shown to have wide-ranging benefits, from improving sleep and relationships to reducing anxiety and stress. See ‘How it Works’ animation for a little intro, our online Science ebook for a summary of the potential benefits, and Andy Puddicombe’s Ted Talk.

We have 3.5 million users now and subscriptions cost $155/year. To help fulfill our mission of improving the health and happiness of the world, our Get Some / Give Some program donates free subscriptions to nonprofit partners for use by their staff, volunteers, and people they support.

Enjoy!  Let us know how you like your free guided meditation from Headspace!